Kutshanje, iNethiwekhi ixoxa ngengxelo yemvumi yeminyaka engama-27 yeminyaka engama-27 ka-Agasti Ali, eyathi wadibana ne-Jady Pintet-Smith ngemvume yomyeni wakhe oya kuyibulala.
Sahlala phantsi saza sancokola, ngenxa yokuba umtshato wabo unejade yasasazeka kakhulu njengentsebenziswano. Wasikelela. Ndibeka kolu lwalamano ngaphandle kokuphumla, ngokunyaniseka ndinyanisekile, ndiyamthanda kakhulu,
-Ayithethile imvumi encinci. Wayethetha kakhulu malunga neemvakalelo zakhe ezinzulu ukuba aphile ngepinki-uSmith kwaye aphinda akhankanye ukuba wayenomtshato "ovulekileyo kule miva ngokusebenzisa abameli babo, ukuba ayiyonyani leyo."
Kodwa kutsha nje, uJada wenza ukwamkelwa okukhohlakeleyo ngexesha lokubonisa intetho ebomvu. Kwisipikule esilandelayo kwitheyibhile yothethathethwano, uJada wabonakala kunye naye kwaye watsho ukuba yintoni edibene nayo ka-Agastistu.
Eli libali lomntu onequkunga elithile baba esidlangalaleni. Ndicinga ukuba ubuhlobo kunye no-Agasti bendineminyaka emine enesiqingatha edlulileyo. Ngokwenene kwaba zizihlobo ezintle kakhulu. Yonke iqalile ngenyaniso yokuba ufuna nje uncedo, bendifuna ukunceda ngempilo kunye nemeko yengqondo,
- utshilo uJada.
Wayegula kakhulu,
-Ngangeze intando.
UJada wachaza ukuba ngelo xesha kwaye umyeni wakhe wayenobunzima kubudlelwane kwaye wayefuna ukusasazeka. Oku kwamkhokelela kubuhlobo, emva koko inoveli enemvumi. Kodwa kuya kuvuma kuye akuzange kuyifune.
Oyena mntu wayenokundinika imvume kwimeko enje ndim
- utshilo umThetho wongeza ukuba u-Agasti wayengeyiyo iRobin.
Kwangelo xesha, uJada waphawula ukuba ubudlelwane kunye no-Alcina babedidekile, kodwa akayigqali sonke isono.
Ndandiqonda kakhulu malunga nam kunye nokungakhathali kwam ngokweemvakalelo kunye nokungakhuseleki. Indincede kakhulu ukuba ndiphilise. Kodwa xa ndandiqala ukuqonda izinto ezintsha ngam kwaye nguwe], u-Agasti uphumeza unxibelelwano kunye nam, kwaye iyaqondakala. Ndiyishiyile, asizange siyitsho ukusukela ngoko. Kuyamangalisa ukuba yonke iphuma ngoku, kuba idlulile iminyaka eliqela,
-Uyaziwa iqabane lakho.
Kum, le sele ikudlulile,
-Umongeze uSmith.
Ekugqibeleni, i-jade kwaye "kulungisa" ubudlelwane babo kwaye bafikelele "kwinqanaba elitsha lothando olungenamiqathango."